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css column colours

Yes that is how we spell colour in this part of the world, but that is not the issue. This is related to my previous question

OK, here is the problem: I have three columns of information on a page, positioned within divs using css (code to follow). One contains more content than the other. The problem is that the background colour only fills to the bottom of the content, not to the bottom of the page. How can I make it go to the bottom, without going back to tables?

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<div class="leftnav">Navigation stuff goes here</div>
<div class="notleftnav">
<div class="bodytext">
<p>The main body text goes in here. This is the heaps longer than the nav content.
<!--filler text-->
<p>Whoa there! Halt! Who goes there? It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeator of the Saxons, sovereign of all England! Pull the other one! I am. And this my trusty servant Patsy.We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master. What, ridden on a horse? Yes! You're using coconuts! What? You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together. So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercea, through-- Where'd you get the coconut? We found them. Found them? In Mercea? The coconut's tropical! What do you mean? Well, this is a temperate zone. The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plummer may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land. Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? Not at all, they could be carried. What -- a swallow carrying a coconut? It could grip it by the husk! It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut. Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here. Listen, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right? Please! Am I right? I'm not interested! It could be carried by an African swallow! Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow, that's my point. Oh, yeah, I agree with that... Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?! But then of course African swallows are not migratory. Oh, yeah... So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway... Wait a minute -- supposing two swallows carried it together? No, they'd have to have it on a line. Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper! What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers? Well, why not?</p>
<p>Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Here's one -- nine pence. I'm not dead! What? Nothing -- here's your nine pence. I'm not dead! Here -- he says he's not dead! Yes, he is. I'm not! He isn't. Well, he will be soon, he's very ill. I'm getting better! No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment. Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations. I don't want to go in the cart! Oh, don't be such a baby. I can't take him... I feel fine! Oh, do us a favor... I can't. Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today. Well, when is your next round? Thursday. I think I'll go for a walk. You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something you can do? I feel happy... I feel happy. Ah, thanks very much. Not at all. See you on Thursday. Right. Who's that then? I don't know. Must be a king. Why? He hasn't got **** all over him.</p>
<p>Whoa there! Halt! Who goes there? It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeator of the Saxons, sovereign of all England! Pull the other one! I am. And this my trusty servant Patsy.We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master. What, ridden on a horse? Yes! You're using coconuts! What? You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together. So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercea, through-- Where'd you get the coconut? We found them. Found them? In Mercea? The coconut's tropical! What do you mean? Well, this is a temperate zone. The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plummer may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land. Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? Not at all, they could be carried. What -- a swallow carrying a coconut? It could grip it by the husk! It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut. Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here. Listen, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right? Please! Am I right? I'm not interested! It could be carried by an African swallow! Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow, that's my point. Oh, yeah, I agree with that... Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?! But then of course African swallows are not migratory. Oh, yeah... So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway... Wait a minute -- supposing two swallows carried it together? No, they'd have to have it on a line. Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper! What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers? Well, why not?</p>
<p>Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Here's one -- nine pence. I'm not dead! What? Nothing -- here's your nine pence. I'm not dead! Here -- he says he's not dead! Yes, he is. I'm not! He isn't. Well, he will be soon, he's very ill. I'm getting better! No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment. Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations. I don't want to go in the cart! Oh, don't be such a baby. I can't take him... I feel fine! Oh, do us a favor... I can't. Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today. Well, when is your next round? Thursday. I think I'll go for a walk. You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something you can do? I feel happy... I feel happy. Ah, thanks very much. Not at all. See you on Thursday. Right. Who's that then? I don't know. Must be a king. Why? He hasn't got **** all over him.</p>
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<div class="quicklinks">Some more stuff here</div>
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</body>

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This should work although if haven't looked at in anything other than IE 5.5. Post again if you've got any more trouble. I haven't been able to get to sitepoint from my home connection (ISP problems), but my email's still working.